Brush wiper and holder.



A. 0. WEANDER.

RUSH WIPER AND HLDER.

PPLICATION FILED MAR.16,1912,

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

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Bnsn WIPEE AND HQLDEBQ :r'iitizen o f theA United Sta'tes, residing at'Moline, in' the county of Rock Island and StateA o f Il linois, .ha veinventedeertain new.4 .'tandusful,linproveinents in Brush' .l-Vipers andHolders, ofwvhichmthe followi'iw isga specificatioxn 4reference beinghad'to e eccompanyingtdrawings. .E

This vinventionjrelates' to a brush wiper and'h'older attachment forpaintl receptacles and has for its object thcfprovision of a sinipledevice 4ofthis character whichcan be hereipanying-illustratiijefdrawings, vin Which;-

c is a similar view. of thecap;

applied at the time thecan is` madeat iiv minimum expense andone vwhich-Will .be etlicient in operation :for the purposes intended-fs, Y l

The invention -thus` outlinedv'iandhs readi I tailed description basedupon the-accom Figure 1 is'v atop Aplan vieivpf thc-inve` tion embodiedviiia paint. pail;1 `ig. 2 is'. section on the 'line 2-2of Fig. l;li'ggj section Aon the line 3--3 of Fig.' 1 F ig.;4 li detailperspective of the'iplat'e'fan' -F mounted in opposed relation :i pairofcaps 2 which are preferably elli ptic` in slmpe and` lished onthatside' adjacent the side of the pail as shown :it 3 in order that theymay bear upon the side of the pail fzilong thi-ir margin 4 and he spacedtherefrom in removable; rod .14` is1 adapted-to bc' readily theirinterior portion. 'l'liiis far these :mips are similar' to'tlie earswhich :ire ordinarily attached' as shown :it tothe exterior of the aintpail and the like for the mounting of t e bail G.

spondingv to the foci of the ellipse' with per= forations 7 and One capof the pair is provided on its exterior side with'a plate 9' This platehas `'along its lower margin a laterallyextending flange 11, whichllangealso fter particularlyi claimed vwillA understoo from the,folloiviiigdevCorresponding and. like parts `are re erredl to in'th followingdescription and accom:v pany-'ing drawingby like inference'charac-f"-vThe dishedarca Vof 'the cap'v 1s provided substantially :it pointscorre-V Spccit'icaton o( Iletters Patent. .Y ,ippii'catioii ined Marenis, 1911.5.l vseriali mneisazmci.'`

Patented' Dec. 10,1912.

Aextends upwardly along that end adjacent the -rivet at 12-as shown.

A rod 13 has one of its en dslodged in the extendingthrough the opening7% and The pair. of caps is then fixed on the inside of the pail bysoldering or otherwise at; such a distance from a diametrical line thatthe rod A13 'is securely and permanently held within the openings 7` andcannotlie withtheref1m. A 'seconde rod 14 of 'slightly greater lengthand -.othei'\vise substantiallyidentical Withthe rod 13 has one ofits'ends fit-ted within the 'openingr 8 of the contnedtherein--flaiicouslyhinlsheets' :olivi metal pressed teentlis ,nehdia'meten'fp-The .dcviceis zit'- the removal ofxth'e: ypail-did.

.servesas an c llicient means .for 'ii'ping the surplus paint from thebrush' ivith'ont soiling,r

brush is wiped-'on*theredg'el thereof. The

removed or l-placed in'position andY in the ,latter-case is usedinflconnection with the and .between which rods the lbrush is heldwilldrain ntothcpail. laving thiisdcribed my invention, Iclaimrcomprising, in (':oxnbination with :i paint. receptacle, capssecured oir the inside andin permancntlyi'seated at'its two ends` in [heopening 7 o'f the'one cap and its other end.'

Alodged Ain the opening 7 of the other cap.'l

l. A' dev itaiA-of tlie character describedfirst cap While fits; otherend1 'rests'upon *the f lower marginalv -tlang'e' f the plate 9 and isfc cidental 'dislodgf-"f [f7.5 constitutes. -I byf'asection of he rodlfconstitnte's' v two rods lying at ormedf-fadvan- "l ltaclied to thepail lat. the? time it is 'made and 'llie nod 13 permanently fixed in position" lheexteriorjof the pail as isdone when the .A f

pcrnmnent rod-13 as abrush 'support upon oiitof contactwith the paintand in such a vposition thatt'he surplus paintA therefrom opposed`relation one to the other, :'i'iod.

spaced relationto'the first rod.

caps and bringing the space therebetween, and a second rod removablyseated in the two caps and extending parallel and in 2. A device of the'character comprising, in combination with a1 paint ref ceptacle,perforated cap/s secured on the in- -terior sides thereof and Vin s acedrelation v theretofand in opposed relationv one to the other, a rodpermanently seated at its two end sin opposed holes in the capsand'bridging the space therebetween, and a second rod removably seatedat its two end s intwo caps and extending parallel and in spacedvrelation to the first rod.'

3. A *device of the character described comprising, in combination witha paint re ceptacle, caps. secured en the inside of the receptacle nearthe top and in opposed relation one to the other,-a plate appliedI tothe other-face of one of the caps' and having. a lateral flange.extending 'alnglits lower margin and one end, a rod -havingone endpermanently seated in one of the caps-and its other end extendingthrough 'the lplatel vinto permanent attachment vto the secondv .Y

. cap, a second rod having one end removably seated in the one cap andextending therevfrom parallel and in spaced relationto the irst rod withits other end`1ying-'upon the lower `flange of the platea-,and removablyconfined thereon by' the en d iiange.l

described,

4. A device-of the charactendescribed comprising, in 'combination with-a :paint re rceptacle, caps secured on` the interior sides `of thereceptacle-n spaced; relatiOn thereto and in opposed relatlon in A eachof said caps providedgw aleed of one of the caps by a rivetipassingthrough ginjanilone end and -al'sfhaving apertoister with thezotherperforation 'of the cap, a rod having one end lpermanently seated 1n aperforation'finthe rstcap and its other end extendng-`throgh the4perforation in the plate intopermanent engagementwith Y the"registeringfperforation 1n; the second Xeap, a second rod having oneend removably seated -in the other perforation' of therst CHARLESBananarama.

"'toqthe other, i 5 er* forations, a plate appliedft'o the outer ace,ration opposite the' end flange and in reg;

ong5 dth'e perforationsl therein andA having a s lat: iaflange'extendingfalngits lower mar-

